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SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it plans to develop and distribute J2ME virtual machine technologies to support its Mobile Station Modem chipsets. “These J2ME technologies will be compatible with select Qualcomm CDMA technologies mobile station modem chipsets, the Binary Runtime Environment …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. is strengthening its Chinese operations with the appointment of Jing Wang as chairman of Qualcomm China and Frank Meng as president of Qualcomm China. Wang, also senior vice president of Qualcomm, also will now oversee strategic initiatives …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. will allow free use of its SOBER and Turing encryption algorithms for any purpose, in a break from past practice, which provided the software only to the company’s licensed manufacturers or for noncommercial use. “Encryption technology protects …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. increased its wireless footprint with announcements in the United States, China and Japan. In China, the CDMA proprietor signed a joint venture with China Unicom to foster the development of BREW-based CDMA wireless data applications, splitting the …

The issue with U.S.-based Qualcomm has never been whether it has great technology, but whether its technology can make great market strides. Stalked by what industry watchers call either envy or sheer dominance of GSM-based technology, Qualcomm has had to …

BEIJING-Qualcomm and China Unicom will jointly launch a GSM 1x trial in China’s Suzhou in the second quarter of the year. The purpose is to enable China Unicom’s GSM subscribers to enjoy the high-speed data transmission offered by its CDMA …

WASHINGTON-A coalition that has consistently fought against rules allowing for ultra-wideband technologies has fired another salvo in the debate just as the Federal Communications Commission is considering whether to relax rules it adopted a year ago. “It would be most …

SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Qualcomm Inc. posted a first-quarter net profit of $241 million, or 30 cents per diluted share, a rise from a profit of $139.2 million, or 17 cents a diluted share, in the same period last year. It recorded …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced Donald Schrock, executive vice president and group president of Qualcomm CDMA Technologies, will retire effective August 1, 2003. Sanjay Jha, who has been with Qualcomm since 1994, will replace Schrock.

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. named two high school students as the winners of its Wireless Technology Touchdown contest, which called for ideas on how wireless technology can enhance the sport of football. Chris Castello, a sophomore at Helix Charter High School, …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Satellite phone service provider Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. reported an agreement with New Valley Corp. to provide Globalstar with $55 million in debtor-in-possession financing as the first step toward assuming majority ownership of a reorganized Globalstar company. Under terms …

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SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said the FCC has amended the terms of its Auction Discount Voucher (ADV), to allow it to use the remaining $114 million of its ADV to satisfy existing FCC auction debt of other companies. Qualcomm was originally …

Getting into the holiday spirit, Nextel Communications Inc. and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. provided gift-wrapped updates on the technology upgrades for their respective networks, as well as time frames and what the industry should expect once the changes are complete. After …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said the FCC has amended the terms of its Auction Discount Voucher (ADV), to allow it to use the remaining $114 million of its ADV to satisfy existing FCC auction debt of other companies. Qualcomm was originally …

Getting into the holiday spirit, Nextel Communications Inc. and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. provided gift-wrapped updates on the technology upgrades for their respective networks, as well as time frames and what the industry should expect once the changes are complete. After …

Editor’s note: At the end of each year, the RCR Wireless News editorial staff looks back on the news events that made headlines and decides which were the most significant, industry-impacting stories of the past 12 months. Here are our …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said the FCC has amended the terms of its Auction Discount Voucher (ADV), to allow Qualcomm to use the remaining $114 million of its ADV to satisfy existing FCC auction debt of other companies. Qualcomm was originally …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. has filed patent infringement law suits against Maxim Integrated Products Inc. in federal court over inventions that cover transmission, reception and processing of radio signals by wireless telephones. “Qualcomm seeks an injunction against the continued manufacture and …

SAN DIEGO, Calif.-LG Electronics has chosen Qualcomm Inc.’s MSM 6200 mobile station modem chipset and system software for its dual-mode third-generation handsets, according to a press release. “Our partnership with LGE in driving the deployment of cdma2000 1x and 1xEV-DO …

SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Qualcomm Inc. said it has unveiled a radioOne zero intermediate frequency cellular CDMA single-band chipsets for handsets. The chips consist of the RFR6120 baseband-to RF transmit processor and the RFR6120 RF-to-baseband receive processor. “These new chips offer the …

After talking with several operators from North and South America last week at the CDMA Americas Congress, it seems they have similar to-do lists heading into 2003. As 1x uptake increases, operators are looking to 2003 as the year for …

SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Qualcomm Inc. said it has signed an agreement to create a joint venture with China Unicom to foster the growth of a BREW developer community in China. “The BREW solution gives Chinese developers a complete blueprint for building …

IRVINE, Texas-Nokia Corp. said it expects its mobile handset business to improve in 2003, while its infrastructure business will face challenges. “We see growth potential in new product categories, especially in games, imaging and the enterprise market in which we …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless announced it will sell the new color-screen CDM-9500 phone, a tri-mode, CDMA 1xRTT-capable device built by Audiovox Communications Corp. and Toshiba. The phone will also include Qualcomm Inc.’s BREW technology to support Verizon’s “Get It Now” downloadable …